As river water courses down Mount Hakkai in the Niigata prefecture of Japan, it roils over the dark bluish-green Hakkai stone, or Mushi Gui. Time-produced erosion not only smooths the edges of the rock, but creates irregular holes manifesting a bug-eaten appearance, earning the rock the nickname âBug-Eaten Rock.â This stone is highly prized by aquascaping enthusiasts as they fashion their mystical, glass-encased underwater dioramas, replete with artistically placed layers of stone, wood and aquatic plants. Japanese aquascape legend Takashi Amano introduced the prized Hakkai stone, which was originally developed in the Netherlands in the 1930s, to the hobby. Japanese gardening techniques focus on a more Zen-like minimalism than Dutch inspired creations, and while already popular in Europe and Asia, the art is gaining ground in the United States.
Joe Chinn was 8 years old when the family moved from Huntington to Cleveland, Ohio, in November 1948. Four years later, they returned to Huntington because his father was laid
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San Diego’s Waterfront: a driving tour [Los Angeles Times :: BC-UST-SANDIEGO-DRIVE:LA]
SAN DIEGO If you’ve been to San Diego, you’ve probably navigated Harbor Drive. It’s the busy street running from Point Loma to downtown that passes the airport and skirts the harbor. It makes a fine driving tour for anyone interested in architecture and California history, on land or water.
Here’s a 10-stop itinerary. To give it extra resonance, hunt down and read Max Miller’s “I Cover the Waterfront” (1932), a world-weary portrait (part Thornton Wilder, part Raymond Chandler, part Herman Melville) of this neighborhood nearly a century ago.
News 8 Throwback: Christmas in San Diego from 1960 and early 90s
With the holiday season upon us, many people will celebrate Christmas in a very different way this year. News 8 wants to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. We’re throwing it way back to 1960 Christmas in San Diego 60 years ago. The unearthed film is in beautiful condition. It provides a window into the past and it is truly remarkable to see San Diegans and Santa enjoying the holiday season. Our archives reveal that there were many festivities and TV 8 cameras were there to capture all the excitement in 1960 and early 1990’s enjoy the trip down memory lane.